Post #7
1. Communication Skills
1.4. Humor

Humor is a skill that can solve conflicts and manage stress. It’s an effective tool in public speaking and sales. Humor can help you bond with people and communicate your personality and friendliness.

If you’re not a great comedian no matter how hard you try, don’t push it. To compensate, make sure you work on your Positive Mental Attitude (PMA). Positive attitude is truly contagious. It creates great vibes at a workplace, diminishes stress and provides the right momentum.

Here’s a great starting video if you want to work on your humor skills. It will provide an exhaustive list of all types of humor with tips on how to develop them or when to apply them. Go ahead and watch it!

How to be funny video by Improvement Pill Video Summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=a…

1. Improve content (don’t repeat yourself)
• Exaggeration
• Misdirection
• Storytelling (funny events)
• Teasing (watch out not to be offensive)
• Sarcasm
• Puns
• Roleplay

2. Improve delivery
• Never laugh first
• Try diverse types of humor and adjust it to your audience (roleplay for kids, puns for MBA’s)
• Control nervous body language (slow down and open your body, improve tone)
• Maintain composure if your joke is a miss
• Watch stand-up comedians and take on their delivery skills

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